§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what action the Government has taken on Resolution (68)9 adopted on 3rd May, 1968 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and relating to the preservation of areas for outdoor leisure.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonIn the Government's view the necessary powers to safeguard land for outdoor leisure are contained in the existing legislation, as recently extended by the Countryside Act, and in the proposals in the Town and Country Planning Bill.